Trump knows what he’s doing

Posted Sep 11, 2018 at 1:48 PMUpdated Sep 11, 2018 at 1:48 PM

To the Editor:

In his 8/3/18 letter, "Putin seeks to divide and conquer," Milt Lauenstein shared with us another slice of his myopic view of what's going on in the world: He stated, "... With Trump at the helm our country has insulted our allies, weakened NATO, disrupted our commercial relations with the rest of the world, and..."

In spite of Lauenstein's apparent desire for the United States (U.S.) to be a nonentity on the world stage, it "is", indeed, the world leader and, of course, that requires a leader with leadership and negotiating skills. Presently, the world is faced with a number of major threats, including North Korea's nuclear capability, the Middle East powder keg and international terrorism. History has shown that America, by itself, is unable to cope with these kinds of world threats - it needs help and the most logical source for that help is, guess what, Russia.

History has also shown an abundance of alliances between enemies where they collaborated to counter a major threat. An ancient proverb stated: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Yes, Russia is an enemy of the U.S. and, yes, President Trump is well aware of it. Nevertheless, he needs Russia's help in combating the world's major threats. Like any good salesman, he knows that you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. In their recent Helsinki meeting Trump refrained from criticizing Putin by being cordial, in the hope of enlisting his assistance in tackling the big world problems. The fake media and Mr. Lauenstein would have you believe that he is a thrall and kowtowed to Putin and wimped out. Nothing could be further from the truth. With regard to the Lauenstein quotation, above, let me say that sometimes to accomplish big things it is necessary to step on some people's toes. That's what's happening with Trump's leadership. He's got a plan. He knows what he's doing.

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